Improvement in buckles



AI B. SHAlV, OF MEDFORD, ASSIGNOR TO MARTIN W. CARR, OF SOMERVILLE, s

STATES PATENT OFFIG AND HIRAM W. BROOKS, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 1L729, dated August 12, 1873 application filed July 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AI B. SHAW, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Buckles for certain purposes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This buckle is particularly intended for use in attaching and fastening ladies stockingsupporters to the upper portions of the stockings; but it may be used in any other connection, or for any other purpose for which it is adapted as a mode or instrument of attachment.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my buckle. A broken line shows the position of a stocking or piece of cloth to which it is fastened. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the broken lines showin g a section of a stocking.

. a is the frame of the buckle, and, for reasons below set forth, this frame a is crimped or bent into the position or shape shown at a;

I) is the tongue, spreading at its upper portion, but bent at its lower portion, 7), into parallel bars. The lower ends a and I) extend to about the same length, and are both blunt, so as to avoid tearing, or in any manner injuring the fabric to which it is attached.

The method of attaching the buckle to the top of a stocking is extremely simple and quickly performed. The buckle is laid upon the edge of the fabric, and the stocking-edge is drawn through the frame a and placed over the end I) of the tongue b. The harder the stocking is pulled, the tighter it holds in the buckle. The fabric will tear before it can be got away, sowell does the buckle grasp the stocking; hence the tongue I) I) is made blunt at the point I).

The portion of the frame designated by the letter a is crimped, so as to nearly conform to the shape of the tongue I), in order to produce more friction, and to hold the fabric more steadily and tightly.

As will be readily seen, this buckle is very simple, inexpensive, and almost impossible to break, whileit performs the office for which it is constructed perfectly.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The above-described buckle, consisting of the crimped frame a a, and the blunt tongue I) I), constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

Al B. SHAW. Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS,

E. H. ()BER. 

